Local or Remote Installation

SQL Server Setup allows you to install Microsoft® SQL Server™ either on the local computer on which you are running the Setup program, or on a remote computer. The same installation options are available for both a local and a remote installation.

To perform a remote installation, these requirements must be met:

If you select a remote installation, SQL Server Setup prompts you for information about the remote computer.

For a remote installation, SQL Server Setup collects the information you specify in the rest of the Setup program dialog boxes into the Setup.iss file. It starts a program, Remsetup.exe, on the remote computer, and then exits. Remsetup.exe starts a remote service, copies files to the \admin$ share directory, and runs an unattended installation on the remote computer using the options specified in Setup.iss.

See Also

Unattended Installation

  


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